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13 Jun 2014, 11:47 am
Our position is that all laws, regulations, codes, and policies regarding the insurance providers' operation of Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans serve to define the relationship between the state, the plan, the provider, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. [read post]
7 Jun 2014, 7:45 am by The Public Employment Law Press
   Office of Information Technology Services, Procurement and Contracting Practices (Follow-Up) (2013-F-24) In an initial audit report issued in February 2012, auditors found a culture at the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS), emanating from the highest levels of the agency, that disregarded the New York State Finance Law, the state's procurement guidelines and the agency's own procurement policies. [read post]
22 May 2014, 6:25 am
They discuss how the new health insurance marketplaces are actually working: how many have paid their premiums, differences between the kinds of available insurance plans, the likely impact of the “Cadillac tax” on high-expenditure insurance plans, and more.■ Finally, our own Kelley Beloff (a Certified Medical Office Manager) posts about the reality of physicians' wages. [read post]
16 May 2014, 7:02 am by Brian E. Barreira
  (See Despite Medicaid Transfer Restrictions, Some Transfers of the Home are Always Safe and also see Proper Medicaid Planning May Permit Keeping the Home in the Family) 7. [read post]
16 May 2014, 7:02 am by Brian E. Barreira
  (See Despite Medicaid Transfer Restrictions, Some Transfers of the Home are Always Safe and also see Proper Medicaid Planning May Permit Keeping the Home in the Family) 7. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 7:54 am
The OIG notes that this is especially important given CMS's plans to implement the face-to-face requirement for durable medical equipment. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 11:01 am
Maybe wait until the urgent care center or doctor's office opens. [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 1:44 pm by HL Chronicle of Data Protection
  The county allegedly failed to implement sufficient policies and procedures to prevent, detect, contain, and correct security violations; Skagit County Had Insufficient Security Policies. [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 5:04 am by Debra A. McCurdy
Effectively close the Medicare Part D coverage gap by 2016, rather than 2020, by increasing manufacturer “coverage gap” discounts from 50% to 75% beginning in plan year 2016 ($7.9 billion). [read post]
18 Feb 2014, 11:08 am by crush
Below is a roundup of some of the best longreads on the subject of prescription drug abuse and how public policy can fight it. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 10:38 am
Medicaid, which is run by the states, will have the most impact on local price structures, according to Ray Scheppach, project director for Virginia’s Health Care Cost Containment Commission and a former deputy director of the Congressional Budget Office. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 8:44 am by Debra A. McCurdy
CMS has issued regulations regarding emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare and Medicaid providers, Medicare Advantage/Part D policies, Medicare Secondary Payer rules, the ACA Basic Health Program, and 2014 Exchange enrollment deadlines. [read post]
30 Dec 2013, 6:40 am
That is, how many have (been) enrolled in Medicaid as opposed to signed up for actual insurance policies through the Exchange? [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 12:41 pm
Other changes finalized in the 2014 MPFS include: • Expanding the availability of telehealth by adding new services to the list covered by Medicare as well as by expanding the geographic areas where such services are covered, by adopting the Office of Rural Health Policy's definition of rural area. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 6:24 am
Is severed head covered in the Obamacare-conforming plans? [read post]
3 Dec 2013, 3:11 pm by LindaMBeale
 See, e.g., Ponnuru, Max Baucus's Self-Defeating Corporate Tax Plan, Bloomberg.com (Dec. 2, 2013) (indicating that "There’s bipartisan support for lowering the 35 percent federal corporate tax rate, which is among the highest in the developed world. [read post]
29 Nov 2013, 4:12 am by Jon Gelman
On November 27, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized updates to payment policies and payment rates for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after January 1, 2014. [read post]
14 Nov 2013, 12:48 pm
What a difference a day makes:"How can the government force carriers to re-file cancelled policy forms, and how do they handle the immediate problem that these plans are unlawful under the ObamaTax?" [read post]